The theater should never be seen as an extra part of our lives. It is through the performing arts that we tell the story of our past and express our hopes for the future. Dramatic performances challenge our assumptions about life; they expand our understanding, and push us to view our world in new and imaginative ways.
It is through the actor-audience exchange- the process of give and take, of creating a new and vicarious reality- that we educate, and inspire, each other. We experience the richness of our common existence, one on one, up close and personal.
People who don't speak the same language, who have few shared experiences, can still be drawn together when their minds are stirred by a vision on a stage. That is the power of the theater- to remind us what we each have to offer, what we have in common- to help us understand our history and imagine our future, to give us hope in the moments of struggle, and to bring us together when nothing else will.
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